Vasques

See also: vasques

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Vaasquez. By surface analysis, Vasco +‎ -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Vásquez.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.kis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʃ.kiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.kes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʃ.kɨʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃ.kɨʃ/

Hyphenation: Vas‧ques

Proper noun

Vasques m or f by sense (invariable)

a surname originating as a patronymic